Nuclear abolition or nuclear umbrella? Choices and contradictions in US Proposals

Abstract

This chapter discusses military strategy in a world beyond deterrence, analysing the choices and contradictions in US proposals about nuclear abolition and its commitments to extended deterrence. In the analysis, strong emphasis is placed on the normative context for nuclear disarmament, which would greatly benefit from an explicit and unqualified condemnation of those weapons by world’s leaders. To that end, popular mobilization is deemed as a prerequisite for such significant change.